Alfred Kazin
Birth date: June 05, 1915
Died: June 05, 1998
Alfred Kazin's Books
Today's book is a classic that I have wanted to read for quite some time but never got around to...until now. Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage covers the American Civil War from the point of view of a Union soldier. It's the gritty portrayal of life at the front and just what it's like to la...
I have finally finished this book, but it isn't just the books fault - at least some of the responsibility lies with our new puppy who, especially in November, did not leave me with enough energy read. Anyway, I'm finally done and I'm glad I read it. I must say that at first I struggled to care. Rot...
Early on I thought Blake easily passed the test for a poet that is worth an entire book. That being, not only was I taken with the famous poems, but ones I'd never heard of before such as "Soft Snow." Blake really does have a unique voice with rich rewards for the reader at times and such a complica...
Simplicity, tedium and claustrophobia in the guise of stability and familiarity and warmth. I could sense the writer's primitive need for control when I was young, confirmed by news reports when I was an adult.
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